A new exhibition documents American photography's first 70 years, exploring the US during a period of immense social, ...

Early photography lacked the convenience of the stable roll film we all know, and instead relied on a set of processes which the photographer would have to master from film to final print.

The article presents 19th-century photographic tableaux as early forms of social media – visual tools for connection, status, ...

“Photography democratized portraiture ... the best-known American photographer of the 19th century, had opened his first portrait studio, in New York City in 1844. Using the daguerreotype ...

The Maillets began buying daguerreotypes in the 1960s and their 200-strong collection spans the full history and evolution of ...

In 1847, French photography pioneer Charles Nègre created a 3D self-portrait using a "witch's mirror" - a clever piece of 19th-century surveillance technology. These convex mirrors, popular in ...

and 19th-century watercolor sketches were snapped up by bidders. But the rare, pre-Civil War portrait of the formally-dressed Black man that was expected to sell for $300,000 to $500,000 was ...

One hundred years of famous royal portrait photography is being celebrated ... with the historic 19th century depiction of Alexandra hanging near the black and white image of Kate.

The images, dating as far back as the 19th Century, are believed to depict people from Lincolnshire. Photographer Jamie O'Neill creates a unique collection of portraits of people in his home city.